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Brian Sack, formerly a Managing Director at DE Shaw and Head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s markets group, has joined the $21bn multi-strategy hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A failed bet that US interest rates would fall left Brevan Howard’s flagship fund with an estimated 3.2% loss in February, making it one of the worst months since the firm started trading in 2002, according to a report by Bloomberg.
British broadcaster GB News, which is jointly owned by hedge fund giant Sir Paul Marshall and Dubai-based private investment firm Legatum via holding company All Perspectives, posted a £42.4m loss, forcing its owners to provide a further £41m in funding to cover operating costs, according to a report by the Financial Times. 
A compliance training session aimed at helping China’s quant hedge fund firms understand the current regulatory mindset and work requirements as part of a bid to prevent market risk has been held by the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges, according to a report by Reuters.
A surge in trading volumes has resulted in an increase of $500m in AUM in less than one month at exchange-traded products provider GraniteShares, taking its total AUM to above $2.5bn.
Murex, a global specialist in trading, investment management, risk and processing solutions for capital markets, has formed a new strategic partnership with Alveo, a leading provider of cloud-based market data management services.
Fasanara Digital, a London-based crypto hedge fund founded by 27-year-old University of St Andrews mathematics graduate Nikita Fadeev, is looking to bolster his quant and engineering teams in the capital, according to a report by eFinancial Careers.
Vinland Capital, the Brazil-based hedge fund firm founded by Andrew Laport, a former Partner at Goldman Sachs Group, is to establish a physical presence in the US with the opening of a new office in New York, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Hedge funds increased their long wagers on US real estate investment stocks last week for the sixth connective week, backing a rebound in both the country’s commercial and industrial property sectors, according to a report by Reuters.
Crispin Odey, the UK hedge fund manager forced to stand down from his eponymous firm last year following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct – which he denies – could be contemplating a comeback, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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